Annubias in gravel?

anybody know if annubias can grow alright when planted in plain aquarium gravel? Its tied to a porous rock right now, but I was thinking of cutting it loose and sticking it in the gravel.

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Permalink Reply by Peter on June 2, 2012 at 4:13pm

It should be ok to make sure it survives in plain gravel u can dose ferts to help it out

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Permalink Reply by Hilary on June 3, 2012 at 5:27pm

The roots can be under the gravel just make sure the rhizome stays exposed. The rhizome is the thick green stem at the bottom, if that goes under the gravel, it will rot and die.

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Permalink Reply by AquaNoob on June 5, 2012 at 11:33pm

thanks a lot!

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Permalink Reply by Sythe on July 4, 2012 at 8:01pm

It seems OK in my tank. the black algae on it came from the LFS but the rest is new.

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Permalink Reply by Mr awesome on July 8, 2012 at 11:06pm

I have about five of them and they've been in my tank about 2 months and they don't seem to bed growing... What's up with mine?

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Permalink Reply by Sythe on July 8, 2012 at 11:11pm

They need low light and are slow growing. Look at 6 months for new growth.

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Permalink Reply by Erik Rozenbergs on July 10, 2012 at 2:09pm

Ive heard that it grows better on driftwood and rocks than gravel! mine are growing in the gravel but remember NOT to plant the Ryzone(spelling) in the gravel. this should be above. next tank im going to tie a ton of nana's to a piece of sweet drift wood.